Parietal gray matter volume loss is related to spatial processing deficits in long-term abstinent alcoholic men

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1806-1814

  Fein, George ^a   Shimotsu, Ryan ^a   Chu, Russell ^a   Barakos, Jerome ^b  

^a Neurobehavioral Research Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abstinence; Brain shrinkage; Gray matter; Parietal lobe; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 70349327857     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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